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H. ZOLL Dec. 29, 1931.

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Filed May 1, 1930 gwwentoz %M,

Patented Dec. 29, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY ZOLL, OF ELMHURST, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO EBERHARD FABER PENCIL('30.,

A CORPORATION OF YORK Box Application filed Ma 1;

This invention relates in general to boxes or packages and moreparticularly to a box of the type including a body section and a tubularcover or closure section telescopically 5 slidable upon said bodysection, for example,

as shown in United States Patent No. 1,631,- 595 dated June 7, 1927.

One object of the invention is to provide a box of the general characterdescribed having novel and improved means for illustrating theconstruction, operation, or characteristics of the articles packed inthe box.

The invention is especially directed toward such a box constructed toillustrate the manner of adjusting the erasers of pencils havingadjustable eraser holders, such as shown in Patent No. 1,373,062, datedMarch 29, 1921. Such pencils include the usual rodlike body having atube at one end in which is slidably removably mounted a U-shaped eraserholder which adjustably holds an eraser between its arms, the eraserbeing securely clamped in said holder by pushing of the holder into saidtube and the eraser being adjusted by pulling the holder out of the tubeand then moving the eraser between the arms of the holder. The inventioncontemplates the provision of means in such a box whereby the movementof said eraser holder out of and into said tube shall be graphicallyillustrated or demonstrated automatically by the opening and closing ofthe box respectively.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved box of this characterincluding two relatively slidable sections one of which has a picture orrepresentation of a portion of any object or objects, scene or the like,while the other sect-ion has a picture of another portion of saidobject, scene or the like complemental to the first-mentioned picture sothat when the box is closed the two together illustrate said portions ofthe object, scene, etc. in one relation, while opening the box causes asimulation of relative movement of said portions, and when the box isfully open the pictures illustrate said portions in another relation toeach other.

A further object is to provide such abox wherein one section has atongue or projec- .1930. Serial No. 448,884.

tion upon which a part of one of said pictures is arranged while theother section has a slot or opening correlated with the correspondingpicture to slidably receive saidtongue so that relative movement of saidsections causes movement of said tongue in said slot and simulation ofrelative movement of the parts of the article pictured.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved box of the generalcharacter described wherein said body section has an opening to displaythe articles in the box, said opening being uncovered by the coversection when the box is closed.

Other objects are to provide a box of the character described includingnovel and improved features of construction for limiting relativemovement of said box sections into both open and closed positions so asto cause said pictures always to be properly correlated or in the properrelation to each other to accurately illustrate the various relativepositions of the parts of the article'being illustrated or demonstrated,to provide on the box section adjacent said tongue shouldered portionsor abutments to engage the ends of said slot and limit relative movementof the box sections in one direction, and to obtain other advantages andresults as will be brought out by the following description.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention I have shown it in theaccompanying drawings in connection with a box similar to that shown inthe above-mentioned United States Patent No. 1,631,595, but it will beunderstood that-the invention may be eI-Ih bodied in'boxes of otherconstructions without departing from the spirit or scope of theinvention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which corresponding, and jlike parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout theseveral views,

Figure lis a plan view of a box embodying my inventiomshowing the sameclosed.

Figure 2 is a similar viewshowing the box open.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3of Figure 2.

from the cover section.

Specifically describing the illustrated embodiment of the invention, thebox is of the known slide type and includes a body section A upon whichis slidable a tubular cover section B. The body section may be formed ofa single blank of suitable material, such as cardboard, and has a bottom1, side flanges 2 and at one end a cover flap 8 which has side flanges larranged parallel and in side by side relation to the flanges 2 of thebody section. The side flanges 2 also preferably have end ears 5 foldedinwardly under the cover flap 8. At the end of the body section oppositethe cover flap 3 is a movable end closure flap 6 preferably integrallyhinged to the bottom 1 of the body section, and adapted to be foldedthereover as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The bottom 1 of the body sectionis formed adjacent the end opposite the closure flap 6 with a displayopening 7 for displaying the contents of the box, said openingpreferably being formed by slitting the bottom and folding the cutportion 8 toward the cover flap 3 as clearly shown in Figure 3 of thedrawings.

The cover section B is adapted to slidably receive the body sectiontherein, and is preferably formed of a length substantially equal to thedistance between the display opening and the end of the bottom 1 towhich the closure flap 6 is attached, so that the cover section may beslid to the first-mentioned end of the body section to hold the closureflap 6 in closed position and uncover the display opening 7 or may beslid toward the other end of the body section to release the closureflap 6 for access to the contents of the box. Therefore, when the box isclosed the contents thereof can be viewed through the opening 7.

In accordance with the invention, the box sections A have thereoncomplemental pictures or representations of an object or objects, sceneor the like so arranged that when the box sections are in closedrelation said pictures are arranged in one relation to each other, whilewhen the box sections are in open position, the pictures are arranged inanother relation. On the drawings, each of the box sections has arrangedthereon a representation or picture of one part of an eraser holder forpencils, such as shown in Patent No. 1,378,062, said pictures being soarranged as to illustrate the construction and operation of the eraserholder for adjusting the eraser; and the box is designed for containingpencils having'such eraser holders.

One of the pictures 9 is arranged on a tongue 10 formed on the coverflap 3, while the other picture 11 is arranged on the cover section B.The cover section has a slot or opening 12 to slidably receive thetongue 10, said slot being correlated to the picture 11 so that slidingof the tongue in the slot causes a simulation of the relative movementof the parts of the eraser holder in adjusting the eraser. Thesepictures 9 and 11 are so relatively arranged that when the box is closedthe pictures illustrate the eraser holder in its normal operativeposition, while when the box is open the pictures represent the eraserduring the adjustment thereof. It is obvious that the tongue 10 will beslid in opposite directions through the slot 12 upon relative movementof the box sections in opposite directions. For guiding the tongue intothe slot, a guide flap 18 may be provided which consists of the portionof the cover section which is displaced when the slot is cut and pressedinwardly so as to form a beveled guide upon which the end of the tongueslides as the two sections of the box are initially fitted together.

For limiting relative movement of the box sections into openingposition, and at the same time ensuring that the two pictures 9 and 11shall not move out of their proper relative positions, I may provideshoulders 14 laterally extending from the tongue 10 to engage the ends15 of the slot 12 as the box sections are moved into open position;while to limit closing movement of the box sections, the closure flap 6may be provided with lateral ears 16 to abut the corresponding end ofthe cover section B. These ears also prevent movement of the tongue 10out of the slot and ensure that the pictures 9 and 11 are properlyrelated when the box is closed.

Obviously the details of construction of the box can be modified orchanged by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit orscope of the invention, and furthermore it is within the scope of theinvention to illustrate or represent the construction, operation orcharacteristics of any desired article, object, scene, etc. Therefore Ido not desire to be understood as limiting myself except as required bythe following claims when construed in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A packing and display box, comprising a body section having a bottom,side flanges, and an end flap hinged to said bottom at one end, and atubular cover section slidable over said body section and being shorterthan said body section, the body section and cover section each having arepresentation of one of two relatively movable complemental parts of anobject, said body section having a tongue upon which the correspondingrepresentation appears, and said cover section having a slot throughwhich said tongue slides upon relative movement of said body section,said slot being correlated to said representation on the cover sectionso that said cover section may he slid to one end of the body section tohold said end flap closed and at the same time partially cover saidtongue so that said representations on the tongue and cover sectionillustrate said parts of said object in one relation, or said coversection may be slid to the other end of the body section to release thesaid end flap for removal of the contents of the box and simultaneouslyuncover said tongue so that said representations illustrate said partsof said obj ect in another relation.

2. The packing and display box set forth in claim 1 wherein said bodysection has lateral shoulders at the base of said tongue to engage theends of said slot in the cover section to limit relative movement ofsaid body section and said cover section in the direction to releasesaid end flap.

HENRY ZOLL.

